Sudha Rani

Sudha Rani
Born	Jayashree (1973-08-14) 14 August 1973 (age 45) Bangalore, Karnataka, india
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Dr. Sanjay (divorced) Govardhan (2003–present)
Children	1

Jayashree (born 14 August 1973), known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films, though she appeared in a few Tamil (credited as Shali), Telugu and Malayalam cinemas.^[1]

At the age of 3, Rani was chosen as a child model for a commercial biscuit brand. As a child artist, she played her first child role in the film Kiladi Kittu (1978). She followed it with films such as Kulla Kulli (1980), Anupama (1981) and Ranganayaki (1981). She debuted as a lead actress at age 12 with the film Anand (1986) opposite Shiva Rajkumar. During the late 1980s and throughout 1990s, she was part of several commercial successes such as Ranaranga (1988), Krishna Nee Kunidaga (1989), Panchama Veda (1989), Mysooru Mallige (1992), Mannina Doni (1992), Mane Devru (1993), Anuraga Sangama (1995) and Sparsha (2000) among others. Her Tamil films, Annakili Sonna Kathai (1989) and Vasanthakala Paravai (1991) were commercial successes.

She has so far won the Filmfare Awards and Karnataka State Film Awards twice for her performances.^[2]

Contents

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  1 Early years
  


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  2 Film career
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Awards
  


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  5 Filmography
  
  
  
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    5.1 Child roles
    
  
  
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    5.2 Lead roles
    
  
  
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    5.3 Voice artist
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Early years

Sudha Rani was born to Gopalakrishna and Nagalakshmi. She is the niece of popular film personality, Chi. Udaya Shankar and the cousin of actor-director Chi. Guru Dutt. She began modelling in print ads at the age of three. Her mother enrolled her in dance classes at age five. Rani is a Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam dancer. At age 7, she was roped in by her brother for his short film based on children, titled as Child is Here which won an international award. She was also actively participating in the children shows at the Prabhat Kalavidaru theatre troupe.

Film career

Rani was noticed by the spouse of actor and singer Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video at the age of 12. Rajkumar selected her to be the heroine of the film Anand (1986). She went on to appear in such films as Mana Mechchida Hudugi, Samara, Aasegobba Meesegobba, Anna Tangi, and Midida Shruthi. In 1989, she made her debut in Tamil with the film Annakili Sonna Kathai and after a gap of 3 years, she starred in Vasanthakala Paravai, which was a commercial success. Following the same she has acted in 10 more Tamil films and in all these films she was credited as 'Shali'. She speaks Tamil very fluently. She paired with Ramesh Aravind in over eight films, including Panchama Veda, Shrigandha, Aragini, and Anuraga Sangama. Rani dominated the Kannada film industry in the 1990s.

Personal life

At the peak of her career, Rani married a U.S.-based anesthesia specialist, Dr. Sanjay. However citing understanding differences, she parted ways after having stayed in the US for 5 years.^[3] Later, she married her relative, Govardhan.^[4] she has a daughter Nidhi born in the year 2001.^[5][6]

Awards

Rani was twice awarded the Karnataka State Award for Best Actress: in 1988 for the film Panchama Veda and in 1991 for Mysore Mallige. For the latter film, she also won the Filmfare Best Actress Award.Sudha lives in Bangalore and is actively involved in the films and art industry carefully picking her projects. She is widely respected as a judge of talent competitions and as an actress who has matured with age. She is very selective about the films that she signs

List of acting awards and nominations

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result
1991	Panchama Veda	Karnataka State Film Awards	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress	Won
1992	Mysore Mallige	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress	Won
		Karnataka State Film Awards	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress	Won
2000	Sparsha	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress	Won
2015	Vaastu Prakaara	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress	Won

Filmography

Child roles

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1978	Kiladi Kittu	Geetha	K. S. R. Das	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
1980	Kulla Kulli		H. R. Bhargava	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
1981	Ranganayaki		Puttanna Kanagal	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
	Anupama		Renuka Sharma	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
	Bhagyavantha		B. S. Ranga	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
1982	Baadada Hoo		K. V. Jayaram	As child actress Credited as Sudha

Lead roles

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref.
1986	Anand	Mala	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Debut film as Lead actress
1987	Manamecchida Hudugi	Gowri	M. S. Rajashekar
	Vijayotsava		Dorai-Bhagavan
1988	Devatha Manushya	Seetha	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
	Ranaranga	Shashikala	V. Somashekar
	Ganda Mane Makkalu		T. P. Gajendra
	Sambhavami Yuge Yuge		Siddalingaiah		[7]
1989	Krishna Nee Kunidaga	Radha	Dwarakish
	Manmatha Raja		Om Sai Prakash		[8]
	Avane Nanna Ganda		S. Umesh K. Prabhakar
	Annakili Sonna Kathai	Gowri	S. Devaraj	Tamil film	[9]
	Narasimha		Om Sai Prakash		[10]
1990	Panchama Veda	Rukmini	P. H. Vishwanath	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
	Aasegobba Meesegobba	Asha	M. S. Rajashekar
	Abhimanyu		Ravi Raja
	Ashoka Chakra		B. Ramamurthy
	Halliya Surasuraru		Tiptur Raghu
	Prathap		V. Somashekar
	Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa	Parvathi	Renuka Sharma
	Trinetra		Raj Kishore		[11]
1991	Varagala Bete		Renuka Sharma
	Vasanthakala Paravai		Pavithran	Tamil film Credited as Shali
1992	Mysore Mallige	Padma	T. S. Nagabharana	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
	Midida Shruthi		M. S. Rajashekar
	Sugamana Sumaigal		R. Parthiban	Tamil film Credited as Shali	[12]
	Mannina Doni	Saubhagya	M. S. Rajashekar
	Jeevana Chaitra	Lakshmi	Dorai-Bhagavan	Guest appearance
	Vasanthakala Malargal		A. R. Ramesh	Tamil film Credited as Shali	[13]
	Sapthapadi		H. R. Bhargava
	Mouna Mozhi		Kasthuri Raja	Tamil film Credited as Shali	[14]
	Belliyappa Bangarappa	Herself	Poorna Pragna	Guest appearance
	Hosa Raaga		K. V. Jayaram
1993	Munjaneya Manju	Meera	P. H. Vishwanath
	Mane Devru	Janaki	V. Ravichandran
	Bhagawan Sri Saibaba		Om Sai Prakash
	Hrudaya Bandhana		B. Ramamurthy
	Thangakkili		Rajavarman	Tamil film Credited as Shali
	Ananda Jyothi	Jyothi	Chi. Dattaraj
	Kumkuma Bhagya		B. Subba Rao
	Chinnari Mutha		T. S. Nagabharana	Special appearance
	Bangar Patler		Dr. Richard Castelino	Tulu film
1994	Mahakshathriya		Rajendra Singh Babu
	Swathi	Swathi	Shivamani
	Gold Medal		Om Prakash Rao
	Vijaya Kankana		Shankar Sugnalli
	Curfew		H. S. Rajashekar	Guest appearance
1995	Srigandha		P. H. Vishwanath
	Aragini		P. H. Vishwanath
	Aadyathe Kanmani	Ambika	Rajasenan	Malayalam film
	Kona Edaithe		B. Jayashree Devi	Guest appearance
	Mr. Abhishek		N. T. Jayarama Reddy
	Anuraga Sangama		V. Umakanth
	Samara		Chi Guru Dutt
	Kavya	Kavya	Kodlu Ramakrishna
1996	Simhadri		Raj Kishor
	Vasantha Kavya	Kavya	S. Narayan
	Stunt Master		V. Chandrahas
1999	Naanenu Maadlilla		Dinesh Babu
2000	Sparsha	Radha	Sunil Kumar Desai	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2001	Sri Manjunatha		K. Raghavendra Rao	Guest appearance
	Chandana Chiguru		Abdul Rehman Pasha
2003	Preethi Prema Pranaya		Kavitha Lankesh
	Khaaki		Shivamani
2004	Bimba		Kavitha Lankesh
2005	Namma Basava		Veera Shankar
	Anna Thangi		Om Sai Prakash
	Thunta		Om Prakash Rao
	Auto Shankar		D. Rajendra Babu
	Magic Ajji		Dinesh Babu
	Abhinandane		N. Ramachandra Rao
2006	Thirupathi		Shivamani
	O Priyathama		Shivaprabhu
	Mandya		Om Prakash Rao
2007	Thamashegagi		Kodlu Ramakrishna
	Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide		Prem	Special appearance
2008	Accident	Suguna Shankar	Ramesh Aravind	Guest appearance
	Mr. Garagasa	Gauri	Dinesh Babu
	Prachanda Ravana		Srinivas Prasad
	Navashakti Vaibhava		Om Sai Prakash
2009	Maleyali Jotheyali		Preetham Gubbi	Special appearance
	Ghauttham		K. Rajeev Prasad
	Bhagyada Balegara		Om Sai Prakash	Guest appearance
	Eshtu Nagthi Nagu		Chindodi Madhukesh
	Huchchi		Venkatesh Panchangam
	Ishwar
2010	Kaanana
	Thamassu		Agni Sridhar	Guest appearance
2011	Jeevana Jokeali		Jayanth
	Jolly Boy		D. Sabhapathi
2012	Indina Satya		Aditya Chikkanna
	Dandupalya		Srinivasa Raju
	Guru	Tejaswini	Jaggesh
2013	Bharath Stores		P. Sheshadri
2014	Vasundhara		T. S. Nagabharana
	Sachin! Tendulkar Alla		S. Mohan
	Bahaddur		Chethan Kumar
	Belli	Nidhi	Mussanje Mahesh
2015	Siddhartha		Prakash Jayaram
	Vaastu Prakaara	Vandana	Yogaraj Bhat	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Rebel		Rajendra Singh Babu
	Billa		Rama Narayanan
	Love U Alia		Indrajit Lankesh
	Plus		Gadda Viji
	Sharpshooter		Ghouse Peer
2016	Siganduru Chowdeshwari Mahime	Chowdeshwari Devi	Shashikumar
	July 22, 1947		Vishal Raj
2017	Happy New Year	Varalakshmi	Pannaga Bharana
	Dada is Back		Santhosh
	Nibunan		Arun Vaidyanathan	Tamil film
	Vismaya
	Bharjari		Chethan Kumar
2018	Life Jothe Ondh Selfie	Thulsi	Dinakar Thoogudepa
2019	Thurthu Nirgamana		Hemanth Kumar		[15]
	Amar		Nagashekar

Voice artist

Year	Film	Actress
1999	Premotsava	Roja
2002	Simhadriya Simha	Meena
2004	Maurya	Roja
2012	Prasad	Madhuri Bhattacharya
2014	Maanikya	Ramya Krishnan

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External links

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  Sudha Rani on IMDb

v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actress
1972–1989	Kalpana (1972) Jayanthi (1973) Aarathi (1974) Aarathi (1975) Jayanthi (1976) Manjula (1977) Shobha (1978) Aarathi (1979) Ashwini (1980) Aarathi (1981) Saritha (1982) Suhasini (1983) Suhasini (1984) Saritha (1985) Saritha (1986) Saritha (1989)
1990–2009	Suhasini (1990) Malashri (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Lakshmi (1993) Shruti (1995) Shilpa (1996) Suhasini (1997) Jayamala (1998) Tara (1999) Sudha Rani (2000) Prema (2001) Soundarya (2002) Meena (2003) Soundarya (2004) Vidhya Venkatesh (2005) Ramya (2006) Rashmi (2007) Radhika Pandit (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009)
2010–present	Radhika Pandit (2010) Ramya (2011) Priyamani (2012) Amulya (2013) Shwetha Srivatsav (2014) Parul Yadav (2015) Shraddha Srinath (2016) Sruthi Hariharan (2017)

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